Vehicle-brake.



UNITED IZZXTENT- oFF o-E;

TERRY sTAFF'oRnpr TOPEKA, KANsAs, .AssIeNoa or ONE-HALF TO SMITHAUTOMOBILE COMPANY, OFMISSOURI.

Application filed March 14,1906. Serial No. 06,054..-

re al whom/l it May concern/:

Be it known that I, TERRY STAFFORD, a c1tizen of the United States,residing at Topeka,

in the county of Shawnee and State of Kan- 's'as,have inventednew'and-u'seful Improve-' ments in Motor-Vehicle Brakes, of whichthe'following is a specification.

M invention pertains to vehicleebrakes'; and 1t contemplates theprovision in a motorvehicleofa simple, inex en'sive,and durable brake ofthe friction-,0 utch t e and one which may be depended onz-to oldwithout damage-inespectlve'of the direction in which reliable inreleasing.

3 the vehicle is moving and which is equally The invention w1l1 be fullyunderstood from 'the' following description and claim when the same areread in connection with the accom- 7 panying drawings, forming part ofthis specication, in' wh ch.

' Figure 1 1s a v1 in horizontal section, of so much. of a motorent emhodiment of my invention.

vehicle .as is necessaryv to illustrate the presdetail transversesection taken in the plane indicated by-the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 lookingin the-direction indicated arrow. v Similar .iletters designatecorresponding parts in both views of the drawings, referring so l A isthe casing usually provided at a rear end of a-motor-vehicle for thepurpose of inclosing the equalizing gear generally employed. B Bmsleeves'or tube-sections fixedfto and extending outwardly from the saidcasing A and having dia'metrically-enlarged portions a at their outerends on which are longitudinal splines 12.

C (l are the usual axles or axle-sections extending through the sleevesor tube-sections B and equipped with wheels D, and E E are thefriction-clutches for braking the said. The friction-clutches areidentical.

wheels. in construction, and therefore a detailed description of the oneshown at the left of Fig. 1 will suffice to impart a definiteunderstanding of both. 'The said friction clutch E at the fixed to theadjacent wheel I) and having a tapered rim d i. e., a rimgraduallyreduced 1 in diameter outwardly-and a male member 6,

left of Fig. 1 comprises a female member 0,

, .having a rim ta ered in conformity to and arranged within t e rim dof the female member,

and.- also having a sleevef, movable endwise Specification of LettersPatent; Y

ew, partly in plan and partly Fig-Zis a' 1 ends, a

rateaammc'. 25, 1 96.

sleeve or tube section-B and provided With an internal longitudinalgroove g, receiving the spline b, Fig. 2 whereby it is held securelyagainst turning on the 'said sleeve or tube secon thediametricallyaenlarged portion a of the tionB. It'will be readilyapparent from the foregoing that when the-clutch member e is movedoutwardly it will cooperate with the member 0 on the wheelD infrictionally holding the said wheel to the sleeve-section B and againstrotation. It will also be apparent that on the clutchmember 0 beingforced out-, -wardly the result statedwill be attained irree spective ofthe direction which the wheel D g is turning and without liability ofany of the.

parts being am utee; n will further be a 0' parent that thereiis notendency ofthe ma e member e to bind in the femalemember c, and

hence on the inward-movement of the member e the releaseof the wheel iscertain.

-F is a T-lever fulcrumedat the middle of its head on thecasing A andhaving a comparatively lon arm or stem m. G is a rod connected tot esaid arm or stem m and desi ed to be connected with a hand-lever or oter device (not shown) for, actuating it and H H are irods extendingbetween and connecting the opposite ends of the head of, lever F and-themale members e of the two friction-clutches. i By virtue of thisconstruction great leverage is afforded, and

hence When-the rod G is drawn forwardly the clutch member's e will beowerfully moved outward to. fasten the-whee s D to the sleeves ortube-sections B and hold said wheels against rotation. It will also beappreciated that by graduating the pull on the rod G the wheels D ma beeither locked against rotation or retar ed m their rotation, as theexigencies of the case require.

It will be readily gathered from the fore- 5 going that my improvedbrake entails the addition of but few parts and little Weight to amotor-vehicle and that it is sim le and reliable inoperation and is notlike y to be affected by dust, dirty and the like.

'ing outward from said casing and having diametricall-lry enlargedportions at their outer e-sections extending through the ver fulcrmnethe middle 0f its head. 0.11

"ab. mmnbers spliami the casing A am having the ends of'its headconnected to Siiid ra [is anti also having a comgamut-1' va'i v m P m01* sitm.

in; tsstimwy my has? presence 0? twonagsesr TERRY WEAFFORTUL "*3 itmsses1 TAYLOR, CLEMENT SMITH wluemof 31 lune hereunto set 15

